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The arrogant years : one girl's search for her lost youth, from Cairo to Brooklyn

Title
The arrogant years : one girl's search for her lost youth, from Cairo to Brooklyn / Lucette Lagnado.
Author
Lagnado, Lucette.
Publication
New York : Ecco, c2011.

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Description
xii, 402 p. : ill., ports.; 24 cm.
Summary
An autobiography of Lagnado's early years as an immigrant from Cairo to Brooklyn, reflecting on her own mother's story as she makes her own choices.
Subject
  • Lagnado, Lucette
  • Jews > Egypt > Cairo > Biography
  • Jews, Egyptian > New York (State) > Biography
  • Egyptian Americans > New York (State) > Biography
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-402).
Contents
The curse of Alexandra. The secret of the Pasha's wife ; The Alley of the Pretty One ; The bride who set herself on fire ; The bonesetter of Mouski ; The porcelain dolls of Malaka Mazli Street -- Rebuilding the hearth. The legend of Agent Extraordinary ; Passion play on Sixty-seventy Street; The healing powers of iodine ; The errant sister ; The passion of the fast ; The Messiah is a woman ; The tragedy of the navy blue blazer ; The advance of the little porcelain dolls -- Cities of refuge. The shrine on the mountain ; The fall of afterword ; The spring of nevermore ; The Princess of West 116th Street -- The lady in the pink bow. The lost art of penmanship ; The woman against the wall ; An earthquake in Cairo -- The book of lamentations. The verse of consolation -- Inside the Pasha's library.
Call Number
*PWZ (Lagnado, L.) 11-2158
ISBN
  • 9780061803673
  • 0061803677
LCCN
2011275403
OCLC
703205835
Author
Lagnado, Lucette.
Title
The arrogant years : one girl's search for her lost youth, from Cairo to Brooklyn / Lucette Lagnado.
Imprint
New York : Ecco, c2011.
Edition
1st ed.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-402).
Research Call Number
*PWZ (Lagnado, L.) 11-2158
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